Harness attachment



May 1, 192s.

, G. G. RILAND HARNESS ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 5. 1927 ATTO R N EY Patented May 1, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE G. BILANCI), OF MIFFLINBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HARNESS ATTACHMENT.

Appnoauon mea August 5, 1927. serial no. 21o,9` 1':.

1n construction, inexpensive to manufacture,

can be associated with driving'lines or the like in an easy or expeditious 'manner and willtake the place of a plurality of buckles and the like as well as to enable the driver ofthe team to properly, accurately and eliiciently control the team with a .single pair .of lines.

This invention also consists in certain other features oi censtructi'n 'and in the- 'combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illus'- trated inthe accompanying drawings and speciiically 'pointed out in the appended claims. i

' In describing :my invention in detail, reference will be hadV to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side of the buckles forming the subject matter of the present invention and showing 'their aps..

plication to the lines of a Setof harness for a team of horses.

' Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of 'one of the buckles.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-.3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 'is a bottom plan view of the other buckle which cooperates with the buckle as shown in Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in 4detail the buckle which I term the hooking-up or main buckle includes a frame comprising longitudinal substantially taperedl side members 1 and 2 which are provided with substantially rounded ends as best shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. Disposed at the small end of the side members and integrally formed therewith are spaced' parallel cross bars 3 and 4, while extending from one longitudinal edge of the side members 1 and 2 are cross strips 5 and 6 which are arranged .in spaced relationy and have their outer portions curved to follow the curvature ofthe elevationy edge 7 'of the side'members. Arranged between the enlarged end of the side members and the cross strip 6 is an intermediate bar 8 which is rectangular in formation as shown, and disposed upon the opposite side of the side members land at the enlarged' ends thereof is a plate 9 which is provided with a plurality of spaced parallel rounded openings 10.

In Figure et I have illustrated the other Y buckle which I term' a splicing buckle and this buckle is adapted to-ix aA snap hook to the ends of a check line asbest shown 4in Figure 1 and includes arcuate shaped side members llfand 12 which are secured together by .'a plurality of equi-distantly spaced cross bars indicated respectively by the reference numerals 13, 14 and 15. Disposed adjacent'one end of the side members 11 and 12 and in opposed relation with respect to the cross bars 13, 14a and' 15 is a strip 16 arranged at one end of the side members as shown in -Figure 4, while a.

plate 17 is disposed at the opposite end thereof.4 and said plate is provided-with a centrally disposed rounded aperture 18.

In Figure '1 I have illustrated the application of my buckles with a set of harness .which is adapted for a team 'of horses and the hooking-up or main buckle is adapted to receive one of the two drivers lines, which as shown is indicated by the reference numeral 19` and this line is passed through the bar 8, about the cross strips 5 and 6 and between the cross bars 3 and 4 as shown. B v this arrangement. the line 19 Will be secured to the buckle for movement thereof as will be apparent. and looped about a' rounded in cross section bar 20 in a manner to be disposed between the bar 8 and plate 9 is a strap 21 which has its looped portions "fixed in the splicingr buckle as shown and is disposed-between the strip 16 andcross bar 13. thence overlies the cross bar 14 and lis inserted between the cross bar 15and plate 17. The plate 17 has received in its aperture, 'a snap hook while' received in one of the apertures 1() of the plate' 9 is a snapv hook which has secured thereto a looped Vline withit's looped portions secured together by another splicing buckle.

Fro'm the above description and disclosure of the drawings, it will be obvious that my buckles can be associated with a set of harness for any number of horses in a team up to and including eight, whereby the team lio can-be controlled by asiungle pair of drive lines, one of which 1s indicated by thereference numeral 19 in Figure 1. The remainin lines are of course adapted to be associate with the respective bits of bridles of one or more horses in the team. A

It is thought from the ,foregoin description that the advanta' es 4and nove features of my invention will .ie readily apparent.

I desire it t'o be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that suchj changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What Il claim is:

1.r A buckle of the character described comprising side` members, spaced bars arranged adjacent one end of said side members, a bar disposed adJacent the opposite end sthereof, intermediate cross means tvveen the end bars `and disposed at one side of said side members, said intermediate cross means bem adapted for cooperation with the spaced ars and bar second mentioned for securing straps to the buckle and an apertured plate at the opposite side and said opposite end.

2. A buckle of the character described comprising side members, cross members arranged between the ends of said side memat the side opposite the side members and a rounded in cross section Abar arranged between the ends of@ said side members and E adjacent the cross members. n

In testimony whereof I aIx my signature.

GEORGE G. RILAND.

y an apertured plate at saidvopposite end and 

